The underlying pathogenic event in oxidative stress is cellular iron mismanagement and how is iron is managed inside our cells and bodies.
Iron Toxicity Post #2: Things that go ‘bump’ in the night
Morley talks about Iron, Food Enrichment and the theory of everything article, plus studies about SOD and other antioxidants that are associated with the rusting process. In addition to, the connection about menopause and how diseases follow iron dysregulation.
Iron Toxicity Post #1: Menstruation does not automatically mean Iron Deficiency Anemia!
Morley discusses Kate Clancy’s blog/article on the myth that “women who have menstruation will develop iron deficient anemia”.
Vitamin-D deficiency = Mg deficiency. Period.
It is my fervent "D"ream that this be my LAST blog on the relentless "D"ebate on Hormone-D... "Hope springs eternal!," as my consultant mentor, Jerry McManis, used to say... As a teaser, let me borrow the Introduction from a wonderfully insightful, contemporary (2013)...
The Copper Conundrum…
Ah, yes... Copper is indeed a "conundrum..." co·nun·drum kəˈnəndrəm/ noun noun: conundrum; plural noun: conundrums a confusing and difficult problem or question. "one of the most difficult conundrums for the experts" It seems like we can't live with Copper, and...
Let's Tip Our Hat to Maggie, NOT Monopoly…
Dear MAG-pies... As we close in on having 16,000 members in our midst, I thought that I'd share some intriguing quotations, some tried & true, but also some new... "Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food" "Ας το φάρμακο είναι τα τρόφιμα και τα τρόφιμα...
Robin Williams suffered from a Magnesium deficiency?…
The world has lost a treasured icon this week (8/11/14) with the shocking departure of Robin Williams (1951-2014).Few of us alive today have not been graced by his gift for outrageous humor, and yet we have also been moved by his talent as a dramatic actor. Who here...
Ascorbic Acid Causes Copper Deficiency?… Huh?!?…
OK, where, oh where are we headed today?...Some of you (actually several hundred of you...) saw and commented on my Cinco de Mayo MAG Post re the importance of using wholefood Vitamin-C COMPLEX and foregoing Ascorbic Acid...And for those that may have missed it,...
Testing is Key to Hormone-D!
Yes, this is what ALL the controversy is about with Hormone-D... getting from one state to the next!The molecule on the Left is Calcidiol, aka 25(OH)D or the "Storage" form of the Hormone.The molecule on the Right is Calcitriol, aka 1,25(OH)2 D3 or the "Active" form...
The Truth of Hormone-D…
Recently, one of the MAG-pies asked me about the "real" story on "Vitamin-D..." Here are my unabashed comments to stimulate your neurons and hopefully nutritional sanity... "Chances are you have very little valid information about your "true" mineral status... Serum...